The 2022 Poker Showdown featured 50 trophy events during the series and the WPT Poker Showdown Championship was the headliner. The tournament drew 2,010 entries, created a talented final table, and Mark Davis took the title on the WPT stage in Las Vegas for $1,000,300.
The 2,010 entries created the second biggest WPT main tour field in their history, only topped by the same tournament in 2021. The $3,000,000 guarantee was easily doubled and they created a prize pool worth $6,432,000.
The Championship played down to the final table in April and the six remaining players were put on pause until May 25 when they played it out on the big stage in front of the WPT cameras with Darren Elias leading and looking for his fifth career WPT title to extend his record.
Local favorite Mike Laufer, winner of 2021 RRPO Event 1 (the biggest field in state history), went out in sixth place followed by Andrew Barfield in fifth. Viet Vo had a special accomplishment with his result, making the final table of the two biggest WPT tournaments. He finished third last year and collected a fourth-place payout this time.
South Florida’s Marcos Exterkotter was eliminated in third place creating a heads-up battle between Elias and Davis for the title.
Elias had a big chip lead at the time but a four and a half hour marathon saw Davis chip away while the two exchanged the lead several times. In the end, Davis took home the title along with the seven-digit prize while putting his name on the WPT Champions Cup.
Congrats to Mark and thanks again to all of our players for such a great Championship.
Results:
| Place | Name | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Davis | $1,000,300 |
| 2 | Darren Elias | $660,000 |
| 3 | Marcos Exterkotter | $490,000 |
| 4 | Viet Vo | $370,000 |
| 5 | Andrew Barfield | $280,000 |
| 6 | Mike Laufer | $215,000 |
| 7 | Andrew Davidson | $165,000 |
| 8 | James Calderaro | $125,000 |
| 9 | David Moore | $100,000 |
| 10 | Robert Lofaso | $100,000 |
| 11 | Carlos Dorca | $79,000 |
| 12 | Benjamin Miner | $79,000 |
| 13 | Robert Georato | $63,000 |
| 14 | Vineet Pahuja | $63,000 |
| 15 | Christian Harder | $51,000 |
| 16 | James Kousouros | $51,000 |
| 17 | Adam Hendrix | $41,000 |
| 18 | Sean Ripp | $41,000 |
| 19 | Jason Wandling | $41,000 |
| 20 | James Mendoza | $41,000 |
| 21 | Matthew Berkey | $34,000 |
| 22 | Benjamin Mccoy | $34,000 |
| 23 | David Farber | $34,000 |
| 24 | Jeffrey Madsen | $34,000 |
| 25 | Farid Jattin | $28,500 |
| 26 | Daniel Bekavac Jr | $28,500 |
| 27 | Nancy Birnbaum | $28,500 |
| 28 | Mitchell Garshofsky | $28,500 |
| 29 | Justin Zaki | $28,500 |
| 30 | Ilir Rugova | $28,500 |
| 31 | Gil Aboodi | $28,500 |
| 32 | Christopher Meyers | $28,500 |
| 33 | Frank Jacous | $24,000 |
| 34 | Filipp Khavin | $24,000 |
| 35 | Gregory Baird | $24,000 |
| 36 | Blaise Ingoglia | $24,000 |
| 37 | Shannon Shorr | $24,000 |
| 38 | Andrew Ostapchenko | $24,000 |
| 39 | Tam Ho | $24,000 |
| 40 | Larry Hoffman | $24,000 |
| 41 | Myles Kublin | $20,000 |
| 42 | Curt Kohlberg | $20,000 |
| 43 | Brett Murray | $20,000 |
| 44 | Hal Rothholz | $20,000 |
| 45 | Michael Farrow | $20,000 |
| 46 | Salim on | $20,000 |
| 47 | Steven Snyder | $20,000 |
| 48 | Aram Zobian | $20,000 |
| 49 | Giuliano Lentini | $17,300 |
| 50 | Uri Kadosh | $17,300 |
| 51 | Nicholas Immekus | $17,300 |
| 52 | Andrew Esposito | $17,300 |
| 53 | Elijah Berg | $17,300 |
| 54 | Michael Nugent | $17,300 |
| 55 | Millard Hale Iii | $17,300 |
| 56 | Kevin Harosshen | $17,300 |
| 57 | Rafael Farah Jarufe | $15,000 |
| 58 | Pierre Martin Couturier | $15,000 |
| 59 | Jonathan Jaffe | $15,000 |
| 60 | Nathan Steuer | $15,000 |
| 61 | Timothy Little | $15,000 |
| 62 | Javier Zarco Sanchez | $15,000 |
| 63 | Frederick Goldberg | $15,000 |
| 64 | Joel Deutsch | $15,000 |
| 65 | Jason Weaver | $13,100 |
| 66 | Neil Blumenfield | $13,100 |
| 67 | Allan Rabinovich | $13,100 |
| 68 | Nir Naim | $13,100 |
| 69 | Jacob Ferro | $13,100 |
| 70 | Steven Buckner Jr | $13,100 |
| 71 | Alessio Isaia | $13,100 |
| 72 | Erion Qoka | $13,100 |
| 73 | Thomas Laviano | $11,600 |
| 74 | Timothy Conn | $11,600 |
| 75 | David Mzareulov | $11,600 |
| 76 | Brekstyn Schutten | $11,600 |
| 77 | Markus Gonsalves | $11,600 |
| 78 | Arkadiy Tsinis | $11,600 |
| 79 | Carl Bevilacqua | $11,600 |
| 80 | Marco Sanchezalfaro | $11,600 |
| 81 | Lex Ozias | $10,400 |
| 82 | 6 Shah | $10,400 |
| 83 | Andrew Blake | $10,400 |
| 84 | Evan Lash | $10,400 |
| 85 | Scott Wright | $10,400 |
| 86 | Kitty Kuo | $10,400 |
| 87 | Tyng Low | $10,400 |
| 88 | Justin Liberto | $10,400 |
| 89 | Martins Adeniya | $9,300 |
| 90 | Sumeet Wayachal | $9,300 |
| 91 | Alexis Gavin | $9,300 |
| 92 | Harold Evans | $9,300 |
| 93 | Vito Distefan | $9,300 |
| 94 | Michael Graffeo | $9,300 |
| 95 | Amarender.Sartaj Puri | $9,300 |
| 96 | Jean-Louis Santoni | $9,300 |
| 97 | Gabriel Abusada | $9,300 |
| 98 | Ema Zajmovic | $9,300 |
| 99 | Ivan Ruban | $9,300 |
| 100 | Brian Altman | $9,300 |
| 101 | David Dibernardi | $9,300 |
| 102 | Emanuel Failla Jr | $9,300 |
| 103 | Elia Ahmadian | $9,300 |
| 104 | Nicholas Davidson | $9,300 |
| 105 | Roland Ishraelashvili | $8,400 |
| 106 | Benjamin Thomas | $8,400 |
| 107 | Richard Alati | $8,400 |
| 108 | Yung-Han Lin | $8,400 |
| 109 | Scott Weinstein | $8,400 |
| 110 | Robert Jonsson | $8,400 |
| 111 | Tyler Cornell | $8,400 |
| 112 | Rainulfo Ricardo Perez | $8,400 |
| 113 | Alexander Keating | $8,400 |
| 114 | Larry Hirschfield | $8,400 |
| 115 | Derek Gregory | $8,400 |
| 116 | Endri Foto | $8,400 |
| 117 | Manuel Simon | $8,400 |
| 118 | Mike Gao | $8,400 |
| 119 | Kenneth Nicoletti | $8,400 |
| 120 | Tan Ngyuen | $8,400 |
| 121 | Charles Difalco | $7,700 |
| 122 | Rania Nasreddine | $7,700 |
| 123 | Matthew Wantman | $7,700 |
| 136 | Robert Brown | $7,700 |
| 137 | [[ Briones | $7,100 |
| 138 | Bobby Buckingham | $7,100 |
| 139 | Joseph Mckeehen | $7,100 |
| 140 | Austin Farmer | $7,100 |
| 141 | Luke Sunderman | $7,100 |
| 142 | Harrison Gimbel | $7,100 |
| 143 | Joshua Kay | $7,100 |
| 144 | Aaron Olshan | $7,100 |
| 145 | Marie Harrell | $7,100 |
| 146 | Rajesh Vohra | $7,100 |
| 147 | Steven Mckoy | $7,100 |
| 148 | John Jabbour | $7,100 |
| 149 | Gil Levy | $7,100 |
| 150 | Cody Rich | $7,100 |
| 151 | Daniel Colpoys | $7,100 |
| 152 | Florence Allera | $7,100 |
| 153 | Keith Loftus | $6,600 |
| 154 | Igor Hot | $6,600 |
| 155 | Scott Woodring | $6,600 |
| 156 | James Romero | $6,600 |
| 157 | Zachary Vuong | $6,600 |
| 158 | Frederic Normand | $6,600 |
| 159 | Corey Harrison | $6,600 |
| 160 | Alexander Haber | $6,600 |
| 161 | Daniel Quesada | $6,600 |
| 162 | Damaso Benalcazar | $6,600 |
| 163 | Zachary Eichenbaum | $6,600 |
| 164 | Brandon Wilson | $6,600 |
| 165 | Frank Stepuchin | $6,600 |
| 166 | Michael Jagroo | $6,600 |
| 167 | George Pappas | $6,600 |
| 168 | Michael Maresca | $6,600 |
| 169 | Jesse Lonis | $6,250 |
| 170 | Bradford Corner | $6,250 |
| 171 | Yuval Bronshtein | $6,250 |
| 172 | Jonathan Baylor | $6,250 |
| 173 | Veerab Zakarian | $6,250 |
| 174 | Clifford Mermell | $6,250 |
| 175 | Aaron Thivyanathan | $6,250 |
| 176 | Damien Wilkinson | $6,250 |
| 177 | Gabriel Boria | $6,250 |
| 178 | David Dowdy | $6,250 |
| 179 | Denis Cyr | $6,250 |
| 180 | Christopher Lovett | $6,250 |
| 181 | Jeffrey Blenkarn | $6,250 |
| 182 | Igor Merda | $6,250 |
| 183 | Jared Koppel | $6,250 |
| 184 | Joey Weissman | $6,250 |
| 185 | Johannes Tobbe | $6,000 |
| 186 | David Comeron Carrasco | $6,000 |
| 187 | Marc Evanier | $6,000 |
| 188 | Anes Kovacevic | $6,000 |
| 189 | Peter Muraca | $6,000 |
| 190 | Peter Forsstrom | $6,000 |
| 191 | Brett Apter | $6,000 |
| 192 | Quoc Nguyen | $6,000 |
| 193 | Landon Tice | $6,000 |
| 194 | Peter Fellows | $6,000 |
| 195 | Edward Grinko | $6,000 |
| 196 | Jayaram Koovoor Chathoth | $6,000 |
| 197 | Richard Rice | $6,000 |
| 198 | Mohammad Abedi Arani | $6,000 |
| 199 | Fawaz Siddiqui | $6,000 |
| 200 | Jeffrey Trudeau Jr | $6,000 |
| 201 | Michael Alvarez | $6,000 |
| 202 | Kenny Huynh | $6,000 |
| 203 | Michael Gagliano | $6,000 |
| 204 | Kenneth Mckeown | $6,000 |
| 205 | Duff Charette | $6,000 |
| 206 | Daniel Stavila | $6,000 |
| 207 | Pavel Milanov | $6,000 |
| 208 | Karl Manouchakian | $6,000 |
| 209 | Alexander Gambino | $5,800 |
| 210 | Romel Mendoza | $5,800 |
| 211 | Aldring Gomez Torres | $5,800 |
| 212 | Scott Zakheim | $5,800 |
| 213 | Robert Placet | $5,800 |
| 214 | James Perri | $5,800 |
| 215 | Ronald Sullivan | $5,800 |
| 216 | James Miller | $5,800 |
| 217 | Daniel Constantine Sepiol | $5,800 |
| 218 | Andrew Lichetenberger | $5,800 |
| 219 | Kenneth Smith | $5,800 |
| 220 | Angelina Rich | $5,800 |
| 221 | Sathue | $5,800 |
| 222 | Michael Newman | $5,800 |
| 223 | Michael Wang | $5,800 |
| 224 | Uke Dauti | $5,800 |
| 225 | James Gilbert | $5,800 |
| 226 | Dragan Dimishkov | $5,800 |
| 227 | Boris Kolev | $5,800 |
| 228 | Jeremy Pappano | $5,800 |
| 229 | Andres Jeckeln | $5,800 |
| 230 | Ramsey Jones | $5,800 |
| 231 | Alvin Norman | $5,650 |
| 232 | Maury Barrett | $5,650 |
| 233 | Zachary Fischer | $5,650 |
| 234 | Danny Panagatos | $5,650 |
| 235 | John Racener Jr | $5,650 |
| 236 | Michael Amato | $5,650 |
| 237 | Ivaylo Sivinov | $5,650 |
| 238 | Lenard Adams | $5,650 |
| 239 | Edward Mcnamara Iv | $5,650 |
| 240 | Sheldon Gross | $5,650 |
| 241 | Michael Lech | $5,650 |
| 242 | Maykol Trujillo | $5,650 |
| 243 | Ryan Riess | $5,650 |
| 244 | Chance Kornuth | $5,650 |
| 245 | Timothy Miles | $5,650 |
| 246 | Ariel Amendola Cuadra | $5,650 |
| 247 | Doyle Elliott | $5,650 |
| 248 | Ryan Van Sanford | $5,650 |
| 249 | Jonathan Pilot | $5,650 |
| 250 | Joel Gola | $5,650 |
| 251 | Gary Wrightsman | $5,650 |
| 252 | William Underdown | $5,650 |
The 2022 WPT Poker Showdown Championship continued the trend of huge fields for our Championship events. The tournament drew 2,010 entries for the second biggest WPT field in the tour’s history, second only to our 2021 Poker Showdown turnout, and they more than doubled the $3,000,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $6.4 million.
, clean for Lulov to lock up the outright victory for $246,125.
